Napoleon and His Marshals Volume 2

Within the reign of Napoleon still in the living memory of some American author J. T. Headley took on the daunting task of rehabilitating the names and deeds of the emperors righthand men virtuoso military strategists and men of dauntless action eclipsed only by the brilliance of their leader. Gathered from essays that appeared in magazines in 1846 this striking two-volume worknotable in itself for being the first books published by the now legendary Scribner and Co.offers an extraordinary and unparalleled look at Napoleons most trusted generals. Volume II introduces us to: Marshal Murat Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves Prince of Naples upon whom the emperor lavished honors (not for the least reason that he was also Bonapartes favorite brother-in-law) Marshal Brune whose independence and daring earned Napoleons censure Marshal Bernadotte Prince of Ponte Corvo Crown Prince (later King) of Sweden with whom Napoleon had a contentious relationship as well as Lefebvre Massena Victor Oudinot Bessieres Jourdan Suchet Poniatowski Grouchy and Ney. OF INTEREST TO: military historians readers of biographies students of the Napoleonic Wars